The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Al-Bokamal massacre is still increasing and kills about 42 persons at least half of them are children and women

Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
The number of human losses in the massacre which was carried out in al-Bokamal city dawn of yesterday on Monday the 15th of May 2017 due to bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition  continues increasing where at least 42 persons were killed and  have been documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights so far including 11 children and 6 women and also among the total number of casualties 14 persons of Iraqi displaced people who fled to al-Bokamal city which is located in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor on the Syrian – Iraqi border which was followed by the ” ISIS ” organization earlier to  ” Euphrates State ” which includes al-Bokamal city and al-Qa’em Iraqi city and also the countryside of both of the cities.

 

Reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that the number of casualties is expected to increase because there are tens of injuries some of them in critical situation, and also others gone missing among the debris which were caused as result of bombing by warplanes believed to belong to the International Coalition, and the Syrian Observatory received information that about 20 members of the organization and their families were killed at least in the same airstrikes in the vicinity of al-Rahman and al-Iman mosques and al-Hajjanah area in al-Bokamal.